Cam/intake/bolton 99 Formula vs 500+ rwhp 04 Cobra
04-30-2009, 02:09 PM
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Just about every Cobra or GT500 I have seen run, had a hell of a time getting under a 2.0.
04-30-2009, 03:20 PM
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04-30-2009, 04:10 PM
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That Cobra needs some better tires. Cobra's will hook they just need a good tire. There's plenty of guys with the stock IRS get in the 1.6's
Good kill OP. You gotta love those runs where your wondering who won. ***** exciting.
Good kill OP. You gotta love those runs where your wondering who won. ***** exciting.
04-30-2009, 04:35 PM
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I agree with just a little more practice and some good prep I will be in the 1.6's with 17's all the way around and the roll bar still on.......
05-01-2009, 07:06 AM
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I saw him make one more pass after our run and he ran a 12.0 @ 124 so clearly his 60' had gotten worse. He just needs some more practice I guess. It's easy for people who have mastered launching long ago to forget how hard it was at the beginning when they were noobs.
Stick shift + IRS + lots of power = tough to launch. Not impossible but tough for a beginner. Hell it took me awhile to master the launch with a stalled auto. High STR's will smoke tires easily if your not careful. It takes the right tire, right psi, right length of burnout and under less favorable track/weather conditions the right throttle feathering in order to get a great launch.
But with 500+ quarter mile passes under my belt I'm pretty much an expert at launching my car. I just need to get a new set of MT street radials ordered. One of mine is completely bald in the middle so even with good track prep I have to ease into a launch and settle for 1.7x 60's.
05-01-2009, 09:09 AM
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Thanks!
No suspension mods. I'm 100% stock suspension. I don't even have SFC. All I have for traction is 255/50R 16 Mickey Thompson Street radials and I usually race with half a tank of gas to add a little weight to the back.
Yet I can still hit 1.5X 60's while lifting my front tires a few inches off the ground (at least when the mickeys have decent tread on them). I attribute most of that to good track prep and 4.10 gears (I had a hard time hooking with 3.23's). But I do have a set of adjustable LCA's that havn't been installed yet. And I'll follow that up with a PHB and torque arm.
But for now I'm still stock.
No suspension mods. I'm 100% stock suspension. I don't even have SFC. All I have for traction is 255/50R 16 Mickey Thompson Street radials and I usually race with half a tank of gas to add a little weight to the back.
Yet I can still hit 1.5X 60's while lifting my front tires a few inches off the ground (at least when the mickeys have decent tread on them). I attribute most of that to good track prep and 4.10 gears (I had a hard time hooking with 3.23's). But I do have a set of adjustable LCA's that havn't been installed yet. And I'll follow that up with a PHB and torque arm.
But for now I'm still stock.
05-01-2009, 09:32 AM
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But I am also looking at doing good heads (leaning towards tfs215's), roll bar and a modest 100 shot of N20. Ultimately I want to see some mid to low 10's and that's when the suspension upgrades will pay off. I had an opportunity to trade for the LCA's so that's why I have them sitting around.
05-01-2009, 01:59 PM
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I'm all ready dead hooking and lifting the front tires when conditions are good. I don't think I can get any better then that. So I expect to gain nothing now.
But I am also looking at doing good heads (leaning towards tfs215's), roll bar and a modest 100 shot of N20. Ultimately I want to see some mid to low 10's and that's when the suspension upgrades will pay off. I had an opportunity to trade for the LCA's so that's why I have them sitting around.
But I am also looking at doing good heads (leaning towards tfs215's), roll bar and a modest 100 shot of N20. Ultimately I want to see some mid to low 10's and that's when the suspension upgrades will pay off. I had an opportunity to trade for the LCA's so that's why I have them sitting around.
05-01-2009, 02:08 PM
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Hey Darren,
I have one of your passes last year. Sorry the vid is a little blurry at times but I just wanted to get a vid of your front tires coming up. Your first launch actually lifted the tires about an inch or so more but I didn't take the vid. Your car hauls *** out of the hole.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/W...ime_192199.htm
Enjoy!!!! I get a better vid next time at the track.
I have one of your passes last year. Sorry the vid is a little blurry at times but I just wanted to get a vid of your front tires coming up. Your first launch actually lifted the tires about an inch or so more but I didn't take the vid. Your car hauls *** out of the hole.
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/W...ime_192199.htm
Enjoy!!!! I get a better vid next time at the track.
05-01-2009, 02:34 PM
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05-01-2009, 05:37 PM
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He had drag radials and did a burnout. I don't know what went wrong on his end. Maybe he had too much psi in them, maybe he didn't heat them up enough or maybe it was all driver error.
I saw him make one more pass after our run and he ran a 12.0 @ 124 so clearly his 60' had gotten worse. He just needs some more practice I guess. It's easy for people who have mastered launching long ago to forget how hard it was at the beginning when they were noobs.
Stick shift + IRS + lots of power = tough to launch. Not impossible but tough for a beginner. Hell it took me awhile to master the launch with a stalled auto. High STR's will smoke tires easily if your not careful. It takes the right tire, right psi, right length of burnout and under less favorable track/weather conditions the right throttle feathering in order to get a great launch.
But with 500+ quarter mile passes under my belt I'm pretty much an expert at launching my car. I just need to get a new set of MT street radials ordered. One of mine is completely bald in the middle so even with good track prep I have to ease into a launch and settle for 1.7x 60's.
I saw him make one more pass after our run and he ran a 12.0 @ 124 so clearly his 60' had gotten worse. He just needs some more practice I guess. It's easy for people who have mastered launching long ago to forget how hard it was at the beginning when they were noobs.
Stick shift + IRS + lots of power = tough to launch. Not impossible but tough for a beginner. Hell it took me awhile to master the launch with a stalled auto. High STR's will smoke tires easily if your not careful. It takes the right tire, right psi, right length of burnout and under less favorable track/weather conditions the right throttle feathering in order to get a great launch.
But with 500+ quarter mile passes under my belt I'm pretty much an expert at launching my car. I just need to get a new set of MT street radials ordered. One of mine is completely bald in the middle so even with good track prep I have to ease into a launch and settle for 1.7x 60's.
Again Good Kill man your car runs good.
